#A8A697#A8A697

#A8A697 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A697
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 10%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 10.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -1.98, 8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 8.26, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.004 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3699, 37.8319, 34.7111)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A697 #9799A8

analogous

#A89D97 #A8A697 #A2A897

triadic

#A8A697 #97A8A6 #A697A8

tetradic

#A8A697 #97A89D #9799A8 #A897A2

square

#A8A697 #97A89D #9799A8 #A897A2

split-complementary

#A8A697 #97A2A8 #9D97A8

monochromatic

#6B695A #8C8976 #A8A697 #C4C3B8 #E0DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A697

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A697	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0b5',
    500: '#a8a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a697;
$custom-light: #c1c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 8.901,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.0213,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A697

secondary

#CACBD0

accent

#5A9353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A697

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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